Nature's blueprint
Subtitle: supersymmetry and the search for a unified theory of matter and force
By: Dan Hooper.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780061558368
Subjects: Supersymmetry; Unified field theories
Description: "For decades, physicists have been fascinated with the possibility that two seemingly independent aspects of our world - matter and force - may in fact be intimately connected and inseparable facets of nature. This idea, known as supersymmetry, is considered by many physicists to be one of the most beautiful and elegant theories ever conceived." "Nature's Blueprint explores the reasons why supersymmetry is so integral to how we understand our world and describes the incredible machines used in the search for it. In an engaging and accessible style, it gives readers a glimpse into the symmetries, patterns, and very structure behind the universe and its laws."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Discovery!; title: The birth of a new science; title: Dirac's symmetry; title: From simplicity to chaos...and back again; title: The world as we know it; title: The birth of supersymmetry; title: Unity in all things; title: The hunt begins; title: Bang!; title: The machine; title: In search of beauty and truth.